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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Kodiak in Alaska

Posted by admin on February 14, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 56.2272S, -149.4698WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 256 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (159 miles). Unique identifier: ak18274158. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18274158, us1000cdnx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.9 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:01:29 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -149.4698° West, 56.2272° North, depth 11.9 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 13:01:29 / February 1, 2018 @ 1:01 pm.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fourty-three, in the last 10 days one thousand, five hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 256 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.4698° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.2272° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 256km SE of Kodiak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-01 13:01:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-14 04:18:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 178 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak18274158 Id of event.
Event Code 18274158 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18274158,us1000cdnx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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